Fed, state health meeting winds up

They met this morning to discuss how they would carve up $150 million in federal funding to cut elective surgery waiting lists.

They are not expected to comment on the outcome before a media conference this afternoon.

Earlier, federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the funding was not just a handout.

"We will be demanding in return far more rigorous reporting requirements and far more rigorous performance reports," she said.

The New South Wales Government is aiming to secure almost a third of the $150 million, while Queensland's Health Minister Stephen Robertson said his state was hoping for between $25 million and $30 million.

The nation's treasurers are still behind closed doors in a meeting with federal Treasurer Wayne Swan.